Bad fandom BAD

[tempestuously]

Lol I have to live this week on $25. Wish me luck on that.

I am frustrated with "The Passage" because it has such great ideas, but since it did its time skip it hasn't managed one character that I give a damn about. I loved Carter and I loved Wolgast, but everyone since then has been rather dry. That said, I feel compelled to read it because I want to know what the hell is going on. I don't actually care about anyone, but I just want to know why everything means and why that little girl is so important. Honestly, I think the book would be better if it were told through the perspective of the little girl. The small snippet of a section where we got to see things through her eyes was really interesting, and I want more of it. Much more so than Peter or Sarah or Michael. Triple bleh. Why can't men write good characters?

I'm equally frustrated at the stupidity of one segment of the Vampire Knight fandom. Actually, sickened would probably be the better word because the word-vomit they left in SGK's journal is something they should be embarrassed of. Random speculations about her personal life, rabid fights over translations, declarations about how they couldn't enjoy the series without her overview on the chapters, the creepiest white-knighting I've ever seen and just general rude, whiney, needy entitlement behavior. It's shameful. And no, I won't link to it here. I just want to bitch about it. Yes, I did leave a comment on the journal itself. To SGK herself. I don't feel bad calling out a bunch of fans who should have better self-control, regardless of their age.

Oh, and all I have to say about the LJ mess is I'm glad they're doing SOMETHING. Because if I have to ditch LJ, I'm going to blogspot. I'm not interested in not-quite-LJs.

I was going to write something on people turning 9/11 into a political event and my thing about blaming the media, but I'm more in a vegging mood for the day since I've been taxing my brain hard with AMAZING and fun RP threads. But downtime is good too.

I've also been enjoying the LPs of Amnesia: The Dark Descent. The guy I'm watching isn't that great a player, but boy is he entertaining. Him screaming after getting spotted, chased down and then killed by a creature was HILARIOUS. Though I admit that LP made me jump too. That is a damn scary game. Great atmosphere. I regret I can't play because I suck at survival horror and first-person games.

I also finally fixed my slow Internet issues, with help from jdiam and the actual use of my brain. It was funny to realize I was running Firefox 3.0 when I think we're on 3.7 by now. Also, my multiple-opened windows plus multiple tags probably wasn't the best of ideas. Things have been running much better now! But I haven't tried streaming anything yet. That will be the real test.

Ok, I'm done rambling. Time to track down True Blood and return to my book.

Comments

[crowphoenix.livejournal.com]

Men can't right good characters? I will damn well prove you wrong on that one day.

[nayami.livejournal.com]

I hope so because I've yet to see someone who knows how to do it right. King is probably the best I've seen, and he has some MAJOR slip-ups.

[crowphoenix.livejournal.com]

*shakes fist*

[lluvia]

Random speculations about her personal life, rabid fights over translations, declarations about how they couldn't enjoy the series without her overview on the chapters, the creepiest white-knighting I've ever seen and just general rude, whiney, needy entitlement behavior.


I went and looked out of morbid curiosity and now I am so sad I did.

[nayami.livejournal.com]

I tried to warn. :( My fandom is Twiharded and I never realized it. /)o(\

[equivalent-t.livejournal.com]

I'm buying Amnesia because dammit that developer needs to be supported or there is something wrong with the universe, but I'll be damned if I can play it. I never finished even Silent Hill, duh. MY NERVES.

[nayami.livejournal.com]

I might consider buying it but never playing it. Maybe I'll give it to my bro. He likes this stuff and is competent at it.

[mirax.livejournal.com]

That's horrible. Personally, I don't always like SGK's commentary, but hell no I am not going to complain about it! The woman works hard to get these out in a ridiculously quick fashion. WTF?

That's just disgusting and those people need to get lives.

[nayami.livejournal.com]

It is beyond disgusting. I too have not always been the biggest fan of her style of burying each translated page behind piles of shipping/theories, but she deserves to be treated like a human being, not some object of rabid worship, the antichrist or a machine. Stupid fandom.